Table 3.

Matched cohort characteristics

	Transferred (n=33), n (%)	Not transferred (n=99), n (%)	P a
Age	57.2 (15.3)	55.9 (12.8)	0.641
Sex
Male	19 (57.6)	56 (56.6)	0.919
Female	14 (42.4)	43 (43.4)
BMI	28.7 (5.4)	28.9 (5.2)	0.818
Elixhauser	0.85 (1.23)	0.91 (1.09)	0.789
Procedure
ACDF	10 (30.3)	31 (31.3)	0.981
PLD	7 (21.2)	18 (18.2)
PLDF	6 (18.2)	20 (20.2)
TLIF	10 (30.3)	30 (30.3)
Levels decompressed or fused
1	21 (63.6)	56 (56.6)	0.834
2	9 (27.3)	33 (33.3)
3	3 (9.1)	10 (10.1)
Operative duration	148.5 (76.6)	145.3 (67.8)	0.822

BMI – Body mass index; ACDF – Anterior cervical discectomy and fusions; PLD – Posterior lumbar decompression; PLDF – PLD and fusion; TLIF – Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion